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Grammar A2 · Bab 3 dari 16

Past Continuous Tense: Was/Were + Verb-ing, When, dan While

Past continuous menjelaskan kegiatan yang sedang berlangsung pada waktu tertentu di masa lalu, seperti “tadi malam jam 8 aku sedang belajar”.

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Rumus

Positif
Subjek + was/were + verb-ing
I was studying at 8 p.m.
Terpotong
Past continuous + when + simple past
I was cooking when the phone rang.
Bersamaan
While + past continuous, past continuous
While I was reading, my sister was watching TV.

Penjelasan

  • was untuk I/he/she/it, were untuk you/we/they.
  • Dipakai untuk kegiatan yang sedang berlangsung pada jam tertentu (At 10 last night, I was sleeping) dan latar cerita (It was raining and people were running).
  • Kegiatan panjang yang dipotong kejadian singkat: kegiatan panjang memakai past continuous, kejadian singkat memakai simple past. I was walking home when I saw an accident.
  • when biasanya diikuti simple past (kejadian singkat). while biasanya diikuti past continuous (kegiatan panjang).
  • Negatif dan tanya: I wasn't listening. Were you sleeping?

Contoh kalimat

Ketuk ikon suara, dengarkan, lalu ucapkan ulang dengan intonasi yang sama (teknik shadowing).

At 9 p.m. last night, I was doing my assignment.
Jam 9 malam tadi, aku sedang mengerjakan tugas.
We were having dinner when the lights went out.
Kami sedang makan malam ketika lampu padam.
While I was waiting for the bus, it started to rain.
Saat aku sedang menunggu bus, hujan mulai turun.
What were you doing at 7 this morning?
Kamu sedang apa jam 7 pagi tadi?
She wasn't listening to the lecturer.
Dia tidak sedang mendengarkan dosen.
They were playing futsal while we were studying.
Mereka sedang main futsal sementara kami sedang belajar.

Kesalahan yang sering terjadi

I was cook when you called.I was cooking when you called.Butuh verb-ing.
When I was walking, I was seeing my friend.While I was walking, I saw my friend.Kejadian singkat memakai simple past.
They was watching TV.They were watching TV.They memakai were.

Tips dari Kapi: Bayangkan film: past continuous adalah adegan latar yang sedang berjalan, simple past adalah kejadian yang tiba-tiba muncul di tengahnya.

Kuis Bab 3: Past continuous

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Pertanyaan seputar bab ini

Apa bedanya I cooked dan I was cooking?

I cooked menekankan kegiatan yang selesai. I was cooking menekankan kegiatan yang sedang berlangsung pada saat tertentu, sering sebagai latar kejadian lain.

Apakah when dan while bisa ditukar?

Kadang bisa, tetapi kebiasaannya while + kegiatan panjang (past continuous) dan when + kejadian singkat (simple past).

Bab 2: Did / didn'tLanjut Bab 4: Future: will

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